Seeing Abundantly

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AbundanceScarcityValueMoneyEconomyDave GrayNuancesSeeing AbundantlyThoughts about scarcity and abundance as we navigate the new Millennium.A REXpeditionOctober 2011The QuestionThree CasesSchoolsBroadbandSoftwareHierarchyAlternatives to Growth and ScarcityConventional WisdomScarcity = ValueNo Scarcity = No ValueResource SharingNeeding LessChip Conley: Emotional Equations (2012)Happiness =Having What You WantWanting What You HaveEating lighter on the land (less meat, more grain).Voluntary SimplicityPre-Industrial RevolutionDécroissance (Degrowth)Steady-State Economics (Daly)Zero GrowthPost Scarcity (Hoeschele, Bookchin)Post GrowthEcological Economics (Daly)Anarchists!Sustainable GrowthConscious ConsumptionConscious CapitalismPolanyi: The Great Transformation (1944)New Economic MeasuresTriple Bottom LineBalanced ScorecardBlended ValueIntegrated ReportingGenuine Progress IndicatorVarious FootprintsURSULA ProjectUnified Rating System, Universal Lifecycle AssessmentCreating Shared ValueGross National HappinessWhat to DoUpward SpiralUpkidoLess Consumer MarketingSin TaxesReal ScarcityArtificial ScarcityMisallocationMarket FailuresManaging the CommonsOstromWe make more food than we can eat, we turn a bunch of it into fuel and plastic, and we still export enough that we ruin other farmers' markets.Build the wecono.meJoin the REXpeditionor REXlabExperience Our Greater ContextCurrencies, Wealth and ValueTime PovertyMaking Time AbundantNo-Till Farming (Masanobu Fukuoka)Attention Is(n't) ScarceTrustNatural Farming (Joel Salatin)Reducing Farming's ImpactSelf-RelianceILSRInstitute for Local Self-RelianceUrban FarmingThe American DreamCreates Scarcity!Self-Made ManRags to Riches (Horatio Alger Stories)Own Your Own (Separate) HomeWhite Picket FenceAll Your Own Toys (appliances, etc)Get: Diploma from 12 yrs top grade schoolUndergraduateGraduate degreeStudent debt!Rugged IndividualismLimitless ChoiceRethinking the American DreamPersonal Liberty and FreedomSuccess = Growth in Dow and GDPThe Frontier (West, Space.... limitless resources)Eat Lots of MeatPortion InflationBlue Economy (Gunter Pauli)People have been screaming these things to us!Value Squeezed Down Into MoneyWealth is what you have when you lose your money.Occupy Wall StreetTrust people to...Self educateSelf organize< = >Know Your CommonsNot the extremesNot back to Rousseau's noble savageNot falling into anarchy and chaosWork together to create abundanceCenter for the New American DreamRebuild the DreamNatural CostArtificial BarriersLoveRelatedIn the Attention Economy, time is your scarce resource.Pacifists always fall to warriors & germs. Can PC+Internet+Software counterbalance this?Modern Enclosure MovementsGlobal Labor ArbitrageClean waterTools of scarcity breed corruptionSchool boardsDRMThe ChurchExperiment: Burning ManAbundant:NoisePovertyDangerGift ExchangeUnobtainiumOstromSee this Prezi online, with all its detail: http://bit.ly/nA6eNhContact jerry@sociate.com to dive in and improve it.AutocatalysisSufficient!AbundantScarceNaomi Klein:

"We all know, or at least sense, that the world is upside down: we act as if there is no end to what is actually finite: fossil fuels and the atmospheric space to absorb their emissions. And we act as if there are strict and immovable limits to what is actually bountiful: the financial resources to build the kind of society we need.

The task of our time is to turn this round: to challenge this false scarcity. To insist that we can afford to build a decent, inclusive society – while at the same time respect the real limits to what the earth can take."Sale ends Sunday!Wendell BerrySufficiency FoundationOwnership vs MembershipTechnologies of ConsciousnessPerceptual StatesValue as perceivedAbundance is an outcome of the technologies of consciousnessComplementaritiesWith:

Jerry MichalskiEnglishMath Class10 mins: Quiet down 5 mins: Take roll10 mins: Go over homework25 mins: Actual lesson10 mins: Go to next class!6th GradersScience7th Graders5th GradersFrom a credentialed teacherYour child might not like or respect (tough!)Who isn't paid enoughSo this isn't a great career pathWith an approved textbookThat costs too muchWith one learning styleThat involves politicsAnd excludes a few things...With whatever resources the school can afford to have on handWhich isn't much these daysSchoolSchoolSeparates kids from real life (petri dish)Designed like a penitentiary (see The War on Kids)Lotteries to get into the good ones (good luck!)OutsideDanger!Liability!Controversy!Consequence!Now the abundance model: unschoolingLearn:from any object or questionat any timefrom anyoneanywhereconnected to real lifethe universe is your text and schoolwork with anything in the worldand travelhave consequences in the worldAssumptionsSchool

Kids are lazy, incurious, unruly and stupid. They can't be trusted.Unschool

Kids are good, curious and smart.School ResourcesYi-Tan podcast on unschoolingArticlesBooksDocumentariesComparisonsTopic

Socialization?Control?Responsibility?Quality?LibertyDemocracyOwnershipPropertyThe Commons“Scarcity is a lie. Independent of any actual amount of resources, it is an unexamined and false system of assumptions, opinions, and beliefs from which we view the world as a place where we are in constant danger of having our needs unmet.” -- Lynne TwistAlternative CurrenciesDisruptions to GovernmentsWhat if you and I could create value (and currencies) outside the fiat money system?MiscScarcityReal & ArtificialOpennessFreeWhat happens to the economy if we really share resources?One shared car replaces 15 owned separately. Hello, GM? Toyota?Jobs?LoveLynne Twist's Three Toxic Myths of Scarcity:More is betterThere is not enoughThat's just the way it isTiny (Wee) HousesCoworkingCrowdsourcingCrowdfundingTask SharingPeer ProductionAlready Being SharedCarsBikesHomesBoats(and rented)ToolsDVDsClothesBaby GearFruit & VegetablesBooksRightsizing Our LivesThe New CommonsRivalryExcludabilityHow can we improve the Commons, while living off it?}Ask me about the Texas School Board!TheREXpedition.comEnough“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

-- Marianne Williamsonhttp://life.salon.com/2011/10/12/a_home_schooler_goes_to_college/singleton/For a smart glimpse of unschooling, read this piece:Scarcity vs Abundance in OurHome SchoolingUnschoolingInformal LearningFree-Range KidsEduPunksWhich world would you rather inhabit?The real issues of unschoolingWhat about single parents? Two parents working three jobs?Where will the kids be? Home all day?Will they be missing important credentials? Am I closing doors for them?What about liability? Accidents? Dangerous people?These are fun issues to solve together.Working SmarterJay CrossIn media & entertainment, abundance = devaluation = terror.Problems with abundanceTyranny of Choice (too many choices)How do you differentiate your offer?Only so many spots in Heaven!The other faiths don't get in.AbundanceThe "long tail"Amazon's deep catalogEndless storage in the CloudInfo overload: sipping from the firehoseUnionsGuildsSatisfactionSubjective well-being